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A''' Sūrah''' (سورة, or ''sura'') is a chapter of the [[Qur'an]]. According to the traditional understanding, of all the 114 surahs, 86 were "revealed" to Muhammad at [[Mecca]] (the earlier [[:Category:Meccan Surah|Meccan surahs]]), and the remaining 28 were "revealed" to him at [[Medina]] after [[Muhammad|Muhammad's]] [[Islamic Lunar Calendar|hijra]] from Mecca (the later [[:Category:Medinan Surah|Medinan surahs]]).<ref>Zarkashi, B.: Al-burhan fi 'ulum al-Qur’an, Cairo, 1958,Vol. 1, pp. 193-194</ref><ref>Allamah Abu 'Abd Allah al-Zanjani - [{{Reference archive|1=http://tanzil.net/pub/ebooks/History-of-Quran.pdf|2=2011-05-13}} The History of the Quran] - Al-Tawheed Vol. 4, No. 3; Vol. 5, No. 1, 2, & 3</ref> | A''' Sūrah''' (سورة, or ''sura'') is a chapter of the [[Qur'an]]. According to the traditional understanding, of all the 114 surahs, 86 were "revealed" to Muhammad at [[Mecca]] (the earlier [[:Category:Meccan Surah|Meccan surahs]]), and the remaining 28 were "revealed" to him at [[Medina]] after [[Muhammad|Muhammad's]] [[Islamic Lunar Calendar|hijra]] from Mecca (the later [[:Category:Medinan Surah|Medinan surahs]]).<ref>Zarkashi, B.: Al-burhan fi 'ulum al-Qur’an, Cairo, 1958,Vol. 1, pp. 193-194</ref><ref>Allamah Abu 'Abd Allah al-Zanjani - [{{Reference archive|1=http://tanzil.net/pub/ebooks/History-of-Quran.pdf|2=2011-05-13}} The History of the Quran] - Al-Tawheed Vol. 4, No. 3; Vol. 5, No. 1, 2, & 3</ref> | ||
Similar surah the word ''āyah'' (آية, plural آيات ''āyāt'') is usually untranslated from [[Arabic]] when discussing in English or other languages one of the 6236 verses (6348 including all the ''Bismillahs'') of the Qur'an. | Similar to surah the word ''āyah'' (آية, plural آيات ''āyāt'') is usually untranslated from [[Arabic]] when discussing in English or other languages one of the 6236 verses (6348 including all the ''Bismillahs'') of the Qur'an. | ||
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